Highlander Research and Education Center Archived Website, Jun 23, 2011- ongoing

The Highlander Research and Education Center was created in1932 (as the Highlander Folk School) by Myles Horton and Don West in Grundy County, Tennessee, to serve as a grassroots organizing and movement building organization in Appalachia and the South that supported racial justice and the labor movement. They work with people fighting for economic and social justice, against environmental degradation. Through popular education, participatory research, and cultural work Highlander works to give people the ability to develop leadership and help create and support strong, democratic organizations.